Woman found shot to death on South Side

December 12, 2009

A 40-year-old woman was found shot dead this morning in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Stephanie Reed, of the 5300 block of South Marshfield Avenue, was found unresponsive at that address with a gunshot wound to the head, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. It is unknown what time she was shot, police said.

Reed was pronounced dead at 5 a.m. at the Stein Institute, according to the spokesman.

The circumstances behind the shooting are unknown, police said. Police are investigating.